NOTES PAYABLE: Notes Payable Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Shedule of short term debt [Abstract]

Schedule of Short-term Debt

Balances (in thousands of dollars) and interest rates of IDACORP’s and Idaho Power's short-term borrowings were as follows at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

	IDACORP						Idaho Power						Total
	2015			2014			2015			2014			2015			2014
Commercial paper balances:
At the end of year	$	20,000		$	31,300		$	—		$	—		$	20,000		$	31,300
Average during the year	$	22,054		$	37,786		$	—		$	—		$	22,054		$	37,786
Weighted-average interest rate
At the end of the year	0.88		%	0.43		%	—		%	—		%	0.88		%	0.43		%